Trends and projections in Europe 2026

This figure illustrates the renewable energy consumed in the EU 27 per technology. The category of biomass bundles solid biomass (inc. municipal waste), biodiesel, biogasoline, other biofuels (complying with RED sustainability criteria), biogas and bioliquids. Solar refers to concentrated solar power, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal. Hydropower covers normalized hydropower excl. pumping. Wind refers to normalized onshore and offshore wind. Heat pumps refer to renewable energy from heat pumps. Other renewables include tidal, wave and ocean energy and geothermal electricity.

This figure illustrates the 2005-2024 percentage changes in FEC in the EU-27 and Member States by end-sector. FEC is based on the definition laid out in Article 2 of the revised EED, including international aviation and excluding ambient energy. The sector ‘households, tertiary & other’ includes households, commercial and public services, agriculture and forestry, fishing and other sectors not elsewhere specified.

The figure compares countries Effort Sharing emission targets with 2030 ESR projected emission levels and 2025 GHG approximated numbers. Projected emissions are displayed both as with only existing measures and with additional policies and measures.

In this graph, absolute changes of the Emissions Trading System (ETS1) from stationary installations, the ETS2 and the remaining part of emissions under the Effort Sharing Regulation (ESR), and Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) are expressed as percentage changes relative to the total net Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions of 2005. In this way, the change in total net GHG emissions between 2005 and 2025 is broken down into changes of emissions covered under these policy instruments.

This figure presents the progress of the EU’s headline targets since 2005: reducing greenhouse gas emissions, increasing the renewable energy share and reducing energy consumption. In this figure, the EU total net greenhouse gas emissions include all GHG emissions and removals regulated by EU law.

This figure presents the emission reduction of the sector in 2025 compared to 2024, expressed in million tons of CO 2 -equivalents (Mton CO 2 e). The ‘Energy supply’ sector covers GHG emissions inventory categories 1.A.1 and 1.B; ‘Industry’ covers 1.A.2 and 2; ‘Domestic transport’ covers 1.A.3; ‘Waste’ covers category 5; ‘LULUCF’ is covered as reported under category 4; ‘International transport’ is covered as included under the European Climate Law target scope. Different to last year’s report ‘Buildings’ covers 1.A.4a+1.A.4.b; ‘Agriculture’ covers category 3 and 1.A.4.c.